The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is encouraging chief security officers to help address two information technology challenges faced by the energy sector.
While attention was on potential physical attacks on utilities and other critical infrastructure sites, a growing number of troubling incidents involving computer networks and attackers acting alone and through friendly and not-so-friendly nations has shifted attention to cybersecurity issues.
The U.S. government will use classified information about software vulnerabilities for the first time to protect companies outside of the military industrial complex.
Thermal video analytic cameras are rapidly becoming the new standard for securing outdoor assets. Now that smart thermal camera prices have fallen below the $5,000 MSRP price barrier, one of the most fundamental security functions – theft prevention – can now be addressed economically using sophisticated thermal camera solutions.
The Defense Department is establishing a series of cyber teams charged with carrying out offensive operations to combat the threat of an electronic assault on the United States.